Experts say New Jersey will be in a good viewing area for the annual light show, with about 10 to 20 meteors visible per hour.Courtesy of Accuweather.com

If you missed the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend, there's still a chance to catch the light show if you can brave the pre-dawn chill on Monday.

The annual Lyrids are the first major meteor shower visible since early January, according to Accuweather.com.

Continuing through April 26, the peak window for catching a meteor streak across the sky before 3:30 a.m. Monday, according to astronomer Kevin D. Conod, who manages Newark Museum's Dreyfuss Planetarium.

Due to the bright light from the moon which is in its waxing gibbous phase, Conod notes that only 10 to 20 meteors will be be visible per hour, not thousands.

Lyrids are named for their location in the constellation Lyra, explains Accuweather's Mark Paquette. The meteors are bits of the Comet Thatcher's tail that disintegrate and appear as streaks of light as they travel through Earth's atmosphere, he explained.